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COMMENTARY: Battle lines are being drawn in France over the proposal of President Nicolas Sarkozy to ban the wearing of the full face veil, the burqa or niqab, anywhere in public.
The same debate is going on in Belgium – a distraction from a fresh political crisis there. … Read More »
COMMENTARY: Strife and dismay over sexual abuse of children by “Christian” clergy was concentrated especially at Easter 2010 (2-5.4.10) on the Catholic Church.
That was because of questioning of the Pope as to whether, when he was an Archbishop, one such criminal while under his authority was able to escape prosecution. … Read More »
Ahead of the expected canonisation of Mother Mary MacKillop this October, Australia Post has today (6.4.10) released a commemorative souvenir pre-paid envelope. … Read More »
The date of Mary McKillop’s canonisation has been announced, at the end of a week in which the Vatican also took on the crisis over abuse of children by clergy in Ireland. … Read More »
The Pope, who moved at Christmas to advance the claim to sainthood of the Australian, Mary MacKillop, turned his attention this month to violent rejection of immigrants, in Italy. … Read More »
The head of the Anglican Church has looked back on a tough ten years, and in Rome, the Vatican has remembered clergy and others killed while carrying out Christian duty during 2009. … Read More »